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Martínez vs. Mathebula: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Kiko Martínez (La Sensación) defends his IBF super-bantamweight title against Jeffrey Mathebula (Mongoose). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

27
Jun 11, 2004
29-4
1
21 (63.6%)
165 cm
168 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Aug 17, 2013
4m, 4d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
34
Feb 17, 2001
27-4-2
3
14 (42.4%)
178 cm
178 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Mar 23, 2013
8m, 28d
1
IBF
sBT
w1
IBF
sBT
w1
super-bantamweight
Saturday, 21 Dec 2013
Pabellón Esperanza Lag, Elche, Spain
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Kiko Martínez vs. Jeffrey Mathebula

Date

This fight between Kiko Martínez and Jeffrey Mathebula took place on at the Pabellón Esperanza Lag, Elche, Spain.

Tale of the Tape

At 178 cm, Jeffrey Mathebula is the taller of the two by 13 cms; Kiko Martínez is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 178 cm, Mathebula also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Martínez' 168 cm. Martínez has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Mathebula.

Martínez is coming in to this fight with a record of 29-4 (21 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Jonatan Romero, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Mathebula comes in with a record of 27-4-2 (14 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 28 days ago against Takalani Ndlovu, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Martínez will be 27 years and 9 months old. Mathebula will be 34 years and 5 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 60-40 in favor of Kiko Martínez. Here is the prediction for Martínez vs Mathebula.

Kiko Martínez is likely to win. Unless Jeffrey Mathebula puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Kiko Martínez defeated Jeffrey Mathebula via 9th round KO. Mathebula's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Martínez advances his win streak to 3. Martínez is now 30-4, and Mathebula 27-5-2.

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